COCOA POST

Purchasing cocoa is a capital-intensive operation by Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs).  The LBCs’ function is to purchase cocoa from farmers for the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), who then export to the external market. Being a…
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Ghana is the world's second-largest producer of cocoa beans, with average production of around 800,000 metric tonnes per annum. Experts believe the West African nation has the potential to do more, but for some challenges militating…
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Nestle has appointed Mauricio Alarcon as new Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Central and West Africa Limited, effective September 1, 2020. Mr Alarcon has a robust and in-depth understanding of Central and West Africa. A statement…
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The President of New Juaben Cooperative Cocoa Farmers Union, Mr Thomas Adjei, has said Ghana risks losing her spot as the second largest cocoa producer country in the world due to illegal mining. According to him, the indiscriminate sale…
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The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) on Monday forecast a global cocoa surplus of 42,000 tonnes in the 2019/20 season, which runs from October to September. The inter-governmental body had previously forecast there would be a…
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In its quest to build capacity of journalists on nutrition reporting, Nestlé Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Wednesday August, 26, 2020 has trained over 30 journalists on nutrition, product…
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Liver disease accounts for approximately 2 million deaths per year worldwide, 1 million due to complications of cirrhosis and 1million due to viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. About 2 billion people consume alcohol worldwide…
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- COVID-19 endangers agriculture in countries like Ghana with potentially disastrous knock-on effects for both producers and consumers. - Ghana is also showing what governments can do to support their farmers during this time to prevent a…
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has revealed that the Federal Government has resolved to inject over N600 billion (US$1.5 billion) as stimulus-response into the agriculture sector,…
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Aisha Kalinda melts the chunks of cocoa in a pan and spoons the brown gloop into a mould which will become the latest bar produced at the Lowa chocolate factory, the first locally owned producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For…
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